A Pair of Late 19thC Lead Cistern Supports Formed as Seated Lion-Dogs c.1900

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A Pair of Late 19thC Lead Cistern Supports Formed as Seated Lion-Dogs c.1900Origin: Unknown Period: Late 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Width: 6 Height: 12. 5 Depth: 13 (each) The solid lead sculpted figures of a pair of stylised lion dogs, freestanding and formerly being the supports for a cistern, each showing a very good patination to the lead, and surviving from the latter stages of the nineteenth century. The figures are in stable overall order and as they have been supports the tops of the heads are therefore

but the overall state would be considered fair to good

most screen panels did not generally have painted borders as detailed as these

thrones almost invariably had symbolic magnificence

This is a stylized amendment added to the signature depiction of the name of the person responsible for a work of art

survives from mid-Victorian England

opening to reveal an ivory coloured interior

The Smaller: 40” wide x 13” deep x 9” high

surviving from the third quarter of the nineteenth century

on four cloud scroll feet

Archibald Knox was born in the village of Cronkbourne

A very decorative and attractive piece of original painted period furniture

When looking closely at the picture the almost pixelated strokes don’t make sense yet when viewing the work as a whole the collective becomes a triumphant ethereal study of a moustachioed middle aged man

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